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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Once upon a time there was a farmer who had an old 
mule. The mule fell into a deep dry well and began to cry loudly. Hearing his 
mule cry, the farmer came over and assessed the situation. The well was deep and 
the mule was heavy. He knew it would be difficult, if not impossible, to lift 
the animal out. As the mule was old and the well was dry, the farmer decided to 
bury the animal in the well. In this way he could solve two problems: put the 
old mule out of his misery and have his well filled. He called upon his 
neighbors to help him and they agreed to help. To work they went. Shovel full of 
dirt after shovel full of dirt began to fall on the mule's back. He became 
hysterical.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then all of a sudden an idea came to the mule. 
Each time they would throw a shovel full of dirt on his back he would shake it 
off and step up. Shovel full after shovel full, the mule would shake it off and 
step up. Now exhausted and dirty but quite alive, the mule stepped over the top 
of the well and walked through the crowd.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A great attitude. A great way to approach life. 
Shake it off and step up.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Too often we hold on to what has happened to us. 
We hold on to it for a week, a month and even years. It eats us and steals our 
joy, happiness and peace of mind. The past hurt can create feelings of 
bitterness, resentment, anger and revenge. We keep allowing these emotions to be 
thrown on our backs and if we do nothing, we will be buried deep in the well. 
Walls will be built in our relationships. We will avoid each other and the cold 
war begins.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, we have a choice: keep it inside and embrace 
the hurt or shake it off and step up. Give it a try. Shake it off and step up.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Words that have been said or actions that have 
been done shake it off and step up. Let it go. Whatever it is: a rude comment, a 
past mistake, being ignored, we can stew over it all week. It occupies us all 
the time. Too often we nurse hurts, we keep them alive inside and go over them 
time and time again; not only stewing them but also chewing them over and over 
until it gets us sick. Too often we rehearse hurts, tell everyone what has 
happened to us.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cure is to accept what has happened, try to 
make sense out of it, learn from it, then shake it off and step up. When you let 
it go you feel free and you are no longer buried in the well. Once you are on 
your feet again you can take some action. You decide where you want to grow in 
life, the direction you want your life to take. You decide whether you will 
allow the hurt to make you a bitter or a better person. Learn from it and emerge 
stronger.</p>

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